What we did - highlights

Community Wellbeing

Library services

The library service received 42,404 physical visitors and issued 76,007 item loans during the April – June quarter.

Wiigulga Sports Complex

Wiigulga Sports Complex’s excellence as a sporting, community, inclusive and welcoming space has been recognised regionally with a place as a finalist in this year’s Parks and Leisure Australia Awards of Excellence in Albury. This is a great achievement for the new facility.

The project was driven by community support and commitment to create an inclusive, vibrant and healthy community space for locals and visitors in the Northern Beaches area.

It is the result of a detailed co-design process that engaged with key stakeholders from state sporting organisations, to local clubs and organisations. As well as a community working group with representation from the:

• local Chamber of Commerce

• Garby (Gumbaynggirr) Elders

• the Sikh community

• local schools - particularly the adjacent Woolgoolga High School

• performing arts studios.

Community Prosperity

Grants Awarded for Arts and Cultural Projects

The City of Coffs Harbour has revealed the recipients for the 2023/2024 Arts and Cultural Development Grants Program. This supports and enriches the cultural life of the Coffs Harbour Local Government Area by providing financial assistance to artists and cultural groups.

After careful deliberation, the assessment panel has recommended the allocation of $40,750 across 7 deserving projects:

• Emerald Beach Fair Inc – Short documentary film on Emerald Beach

• Sawtell Art Group auspicing for Bay School of Creative Arts –Connecting Creatives and Community through mentorship, Creative practice, and enhanced Resilience

• Sawtell Catholic Care / The Link – Music for The Ages – An Intergenerational Music Project

• Coffs Harbour Arts Council auspicing for “Walking Together’ Artists” - ‘Walking Together’ Exhibtion

• Auspicious Arts – auspicing for Fyreside Arts - Creative Industries Partnership

• Coffs City Choir Incorporated - Foster the Enjoyment, Pleasure and Happiness that Music and Singing brings to our Community

• NSW Service for the Treatment and Rehabilitation of Torture and Trauma Survivors - Women’s Connection to Culture through Music.